1995 - FRENCH KISS, a very lame romantic comedy

I suppose it's kind of a tribute to Meg Ryan that she was asked to repeat her annoying Sally character from When Harry Meet Sally.  Ryan is so full of weird personality ticks in this movie it's unsurprising that her boyfriend dumps her by phone while he is on a trip to Paris.  After many scenes of Ryan being afraid to fly, she takes a plane to Paris to win her boyfriend back from a French woman he has fallen in love with.

 

 

While on the plane, Ryan meets French guy Kevin Kline who just happens to be a jewel thief and a would be wine maker.  Naturally they will get together, Meg Ryan the spunky goofy American and Kline the smooth talking French master thief who must have chemistry  together per the screenwriter.  After what seems like hours of "cute" adventures,  true love wins out and the two of them get together.

 

The director is Lawrence Kasdan for a while could do not wrong in Hollywood.  He wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, The Big Chill and The Bodyguard.  His hot streak finally ended with films like Silverado, Wyatt Earp, Mumford, Dreamcatcher and Darling Companion, a film about a dog and his best friend Diane Keaton.  The mighty had indeed fallen.

 

Anyway, this dreary film completely fails as a romantic comedy.  The usually good Kevin Kline can't save this show.  I've seem better romances on the Hallmark Channel and that's not exactly a high bar for this genre.  However French Kiss did make money although the reviews weren't the greatest.

The film was written by Adam Brooks, the running time is 111 unending minutes.